Should I Buy a Trailer to Help Sell

Diamond Marine in CT. has the 8725 venture trailer for $3895. If you need, brakes on both axles it is an extra $200. I would want a different bunk system than what is shown on that trailer for the C Dory 25, but that may only be a few hundred more--add in tax, and registration--probably going to be in the $4,000 to $5,000 range It is also for a 27 to 29 foot boat, so the balance may be somewhat off for the C Dory 25, but the cheaper, 8025 is sized for a 25 to 26 foot boat--and might be better for the C Dory--with a rated capacity of 8025 lbs. The tires on that trailer are rated at just a listle over 10,000 lbs total (if you go to load range E--you can pick up a bit more capacity...Lots of factors come to play in the trailer rating, beyond the tribe capacity.

If you can get the trailer for $3800, I would have the info ready for the next buyer, and let him buy the trailer--no use paying the tax and registration etc twice--that just cuts into your bottom line. Plus the new owner has the warrantee of a new trailer.
 
I agree with Bob...let the new owner buy the trailer. Just price the boat accordingly. With tax, setting the trailer up for your boat, guides, spare tire, brakes on all axles and possibly LED lights it's going to be hard to get for less than $5,000 bucks.

The 25 I bought in June came with a great trailer with all of the above and has 9,440 lbs gross. Cost about 5,500 bucks. My boat now weighs over 8,000 lbs loaded. The previous owner went through two other trailers before this one.

I was dealing on a 25 that had a trailer with no brakes! The fellow that bought the boat did not want to spend the extra money. He towed the boat from Florida to Texas like that. Thats just nuts. That boat was not for me!

When I was looking I just figured that I'd just as soon buy a boat without a trailer then I could get what I wanted. Just so happened the 25 for me had the "right trailer".

Good luck on your sale.....Tom
 
Thanks everyone for the feedback. It does seem best at this point to price it aggressively enough that the new buyer can pick his own trailer. I told a guy in Washington State that I would take $49k for it, I think that is a great deal for him but the shipping would cost $$.
 
I can't imagine buying a CD 25 without a trailer. However, as you guys have alluded too, for the right price (deeply discounted), you may sway a number of folks having more time than money to your deal. Trailer should not, and are not that expensive to build. I sometimes I just shake my head at the high prices. I can MIG/TIG weld an aluminum trailer for 2500-3000 bucks (cost to me), but it would take me a couple weeks, maybe three since I am no hurry in this life, for the build. With that in mind, I think you can find lots of them in the 4-7 thousand dollar range. I think Bob found a few like that - it wouldn't be a deal breaker with a price point of 49K if the boat is great, and I am sure it is.
 
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